Who Won Tonight’s Vice Presidential Debate?

I’ve got to say that I’m going with Paul Ryan as the winner of this debate. But, that being said, I was a little disappointed with his overall performance. When it came to policy, Vice President Biden was in the driver’s seat. Ryan came off sounding ok, maybe even competent, but not as confident or as knowledgeable as the Vice President. His answer concerning troop withdrawal was confusing. But, mainly I think I was expecting much more from the Congressman. However, when it came to economic issues, Ryan was right on track. His two best lines of the night were commenting that the Vice President of all people should know that words sometimes don’t come out right and that there are not enough rich people to tax in order to fund Democratic spending.

The main reason why I chose Ryan as the winner was because of the smugness of Joe Biden. The man simply showed no self-control. The split screen did him in. He couldn’t help but smirk the entire time. On one side of the screen Paul Ryan is talking about terrorist attacks and on the other side Joe Biden had a huge grin plastered on his face. When he wasn’t smirking, he was interrupting. When he wasn’t interrupting he had the audacity to keep begging for a “equal time.” By the way, according to CNN, Biden had more over all speaking time. It just didn’t look good at all. Paul Ryan looked good by simply weathering hurricane Joe. If Biden had been under control, he could have won this debate. He’s a smart guy who knows what he is talking about. He didn’t come off sounding like the elder statesman he is.

Of course, the other factor in all this is my incredible bias toward Paul Ryan to begin with. So I’m not exactly impartial in all this.

The good news for both sides is that this debate will be forgotten by this time next week on the heels of the second Presidential debate.

Well, as is our tradition here at the Thompsonian Times, here are my live tweets during the debate. Remember, the earlier tweets are found at the bottom.

I’m glad Biden had time to squeeze in one last blame Bush moment… #vpdebate

Seriously, Biden is now all of a sudden concerned about equal time? #vpdebate